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Xbox One Review Roundup

The consensus from the first wave of reviews for the Xbox One: It has a lot of capabilities that distinguish it from Sony’s competing PlayStation 4, but some–particularly the updated Kinect motion controller–don’t always work right.

On the plus side, Xbox One gets better grades than the PS4 for its initial slate of exclusive launch titles, at least getting the “game” part of its job done right.

The Xbox One goes on sale Friday, a week after the PlayStation 4. There’s a high sales bar to beat: Sony has said more than one million PlayStation 4 units were sold to customers in its first day on the market.